Brit rushed to hospital with head injuries in Lanzarote after freak accident

ACCIDENT: British child hospitalised with head injuries after 10ft fall

The eight-year-old boy fell around ten feet from a stairwell in the unnamed retail centre in the resort of Playa Blanca.

He was stabilised at the scene by a doctor from a local health centre and paramedics before being rushed to the island airport by ambulance because of the nature of his injuries and flown to the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria.

He was taken there in a medicalised ambulance and admitted on arrival to a specialist children's hospital in the capital Las Palmas.

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HOSPITAL: The boy was airlifted to Hospital Materno Infantil at Las Palmas

Local reports said he had suffered an "acute brain injury" as a result of the fall.

“A doctor and nurse from a nearby health centre were first on the scene”

Emergency services spokesman

Health officials confirmed today he was still being treated for the injuries he sustained.

The incident occurred around 10.30pm on Saturday.

A regional health service spokesman said: "I can confirm the youngster was transferred from Lanzarote and is still at the the Hospital Materno Infantil at Las Palmas.

"We cannot give you any information on his state of health."

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INJURIES: The eight-year-old is suffering from acute head trauma

No-one from Yaiza Town Hall or the local police were immediately available for comment.

The Civil Guard said they had not been involved.

It is not yet known if the British youngster was on holiday or lived on the island, although the former fishing village of Playa Blanca near the island's southernly tip is now Lanzarote's second most popular tourist resort.

A spokesman for a local emergency service response centre said: "We were alerted just after 10pm on Saturday to reports an eight-year-old British boy had fallen around 10 feet from stairs at a shopping centre in Playa Blanca.

"A doctor and nurse from a nearby health centre were first on the scene followed by an ambulance.

"He was suffering from acute head trauma when he was initially seen to and because of the seriousness of his injuries, he was stabilised and taken by ambulance to the island airport before being evacuated in an air ambulance directly to the Hospital Materno Infantil on the island of Gran Canaria."